Hotel Loans

The GREENHILL GROUP, LLC Investment Advisors provides access to domestic and international buyers, owners and operators, both those that are most active in the industry and those that invest on a select basis, based on location and hotel product type. Over the years we have developed marketing techniques that mine the full potential of our extensive database of active hotel investors, lenders and industry players, but also uncover unconventional buyers, lenders and investors.

We are experienced in each segment of the lodging industry, having arranged transactions ranging in size from $1 million to $200 million, from budget hotels to luxury mixed-use resorts, we have arranged the sale and acquisition of the full spectrum of hospitality real estate, including the following:

» Full-service hotels
» Limited-service hotels
» Resort properties, including mixed-use resorts with recreational amenities and residential components
» Conference Centers
» Hotel development sites
» Individual and portfolio transactions

THE GREENHILL GROUP has a reputation for implementing a coordinated sales process that maximizes value and expedites the timeline for a transaction. The combination of resources and experience in putting together comprehensive investment packages coupled with direct marketing and databased e-marketing and web-based dissemination of sale and due diligence information and deal tracking allows TGG to take advantage of cutting edge technology and sales methodology to benefit our clients.

 

Hotel Finance

The Greenhill Group,LLC Investment Advisors has long standing relationships with hotel lenders, both in terms of those active in the refinance of existing properties and those active in new construction. We constantly update our database of lenders and finance relationships so we are current on underwriting criteria and lender hot buttons. As such, each time we bring an opportunity forward to a target lender, we have a higher success of converting that relationship into a closed transaction.

The Greenhill Group Investment Advisors also is active in the mezzanine debt and equity markets, having arranged complex capital structures that meet the needs of our clients and often times providing the last piece of the puzzle in putting a transaction in place.

» Refinance of existing properties
» Development/expansion financing, both primary and mezzanine
» Bridge loans
» Corporate debt vehicles.

 

Equity Placement

Through a domestic and international network, we have access to equity investors, both institutional and private, from around the world. Access to equity has allowed us to assist our clients in formulating joint ventures, alternative capital structures for a specific project and provide capital infusions into growing companies.

» Joint venture funding
» Mezzanine equity placement
» Recapitalization of partnerships, companies and specific assets.

Investment Banking

The Greenhill Group Investment Advisors has a history of serving as a trusted advisor to hotel investors, hotel companies and lenders active in the industry. As such, we are often called upon to provide investment advice to our clients, which may include:

» Strategic planning for individual properties and portfolios
» Exploring capital markets - including debt and equity for specific assets and companies
» Mergers and Acquisition arrangement and consultation
» Workouts on distressed hotel real estate.

We maintain strategic alliances with specific real estate investment banking firms that specialize in both debt and equity capital markets that allow us to fully service the needs of our clients, most notably in capital formation. As such, we have access to equity and debt capital from Europe, North America and Asia, with professionals in each part of the world that maintain personal contact with these capital sources.The Greenhill Group Investment Advisors has worked on numerous projects with our strategic investment banking partners and has developed a strong rapport with those firms forged over many years, resulting in a unique ability to structure a multi-firm team on a project-specific basis that fully meets the needs of the client.